“This is the Great Temptation for any technological species—to shape their subjective reality to provide the cues of survival and reproductive success without the substance. Most bright alien species probably go extinct gradually, allocating more time and resources to their pleasures, and less to their children.”

As Scott Adams said, “The holosuite will be mankind’s last invention.”

We’ve made this part of my family’s Christmas Eve tradition here in the USA, too. Just to have some connection to the old country’s traditions.